A Fairer Property Tax - a practical alternative to replace stamp duty and council tax
Published August 2024
The way Britain taxes households is both impractical and unfair. The stamp duty land tax raises transaction costs, preventing people from moving for new job opportunities, and undermines growth. Council taxes are set in such a way that an average home in Blackpool contributes more to the public purse than a mansion in Kensington. This need not be the case.
This report sets alternatives to the status quo and the rationale for these choices. In some cases, they are based on a clear and overwhelming economic principle. In others, they are a way to try to marry sometimes conflicting ideas and sometimes they are a response to the realities of political consent.
Happy 25th birthday, Calgary market value assessment for property tax
Published March 2024
Why we need a green land value tax and how to design it
Published February 2024
The Fiscal Fallout of Boston’s Empty Offices Report
Published by the Boston Policy Institute, Inc.
Published February 2024
A paper by the Centre for Cities with suggestions for how Wales in the UK could reform council tax to in order to boost growth and reduce inequality
Published February 2024
"Britain's Council Tax Burdens" is a report by the Taxpayers' Alliance which looks at the varying burdens of council tax across the UK
Published August 2023
UK responses to the pandemic and the changing agenda after COVID-19 in relation to local property taxation
Written by Patrick Bond and published by IPTI
Published February 2023
Rebuilding the Social Compact: Urban Service Delivery and Property Taxes in Pakistan
Published by the International Growth Center (IGC)
Published August 2022
Designing and implementing a local residential property tax from scratch: lessons from the Republic of Ireland
Written by Dr Gerard Turley
Published December 2022
Canadian Property Tax Rate Benchmark Report
Report from the ODI
Published June 2022
Digitalisation of property taxation in developing countries
Annual report by the Altus Group
Published October 2022
